Archives - 19 March 2017, Sunday

The word “Garang” can mean “fierce” or “powerful”. As its name suggests, Garang Grill offers fierce, bold charcoal flavours that is truly Singaporean, made possible by the acquisition of a traditional Spanish Mibrasa charcoal oven.

Shinsen Fish Market is a seafood haven in Bangkok , and it is a new addition to Bangkok’s ever-happening food scene. Just a few months shy of its first birthday, Shinsen Fish Market is supposedly inspired by and modelled after Taipei’s Addiction Aquatic Developments

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The colourful Botanico Salad ($18) is full of seasonal fruits and vegetables such as Heirloom Momotaro tomatoes, burrata, pickled beetroot, radishes, charred cucumber, fresh figs and edible flowers. The tomatoes which are sourced from Cameron Highlands are extremely juicy and refreshi...

Here’s something to help you get rid of the “I’m busy” excuse. With any OCBC Credit or Debit Card , you get to enjoy a lot of great dining deals, including at the most popular restaurants under the Les Amis Group! With award-winning concepts ranging from top-notch restaurants to mid-m...

COSFEST SEA: Beyond The Great Horizons is organised by The Singapore Cosplay Club in collaboration with Royal Caribbean. This special themed cruise event featured some of the region’s top cosplayers, vying for the Asia Cosplay Meet 2017 championship plus exciting cosplay entertainment...

This post is written by Nicholas Tse. Unlimited commute for less than S$10 a day? Banzai! Tourists to Japan, you should be feeling oh-so-special right about now. Made exclusive to foreigners only, the tourist passes on both Hanshin and Hankyu electric railway lines are now available f...

Fans of durian rejoice — Thailand might be bringing the King of Fruits to the candy stores very soon, if all goes according to plan. Thailand’s Minister of Tourism and Sports Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul is in talks with Nestlé Thailand to develop a series of Kit Kat flavours unique to Tha...

The Dirt Bag Ball is an annual fundraiser for the Crystal Mountain Ski Patrol. Every year the patrol and members of the Royal Court of Dirtbags vote on the season’s biggest dirtbags (aka ski bums, lifers, first-in-liners, B Lot denizens, and overall rock star locals) and crowns the Ki...

In photography, there are photographers and then there are photographers. Luke Massey , a 25-year-old Briton who does wildlife photography, was in Singapore recently to shoot our country’s famed otters. A five-minute video posted on Facebook on March 18 showed the lengths Massey had t...

Known for its unique flavour and health benefit, the black garlic took the stage from 15 March to 14 April 2017 at Min Jiang, One-North. For a limited period, Master Chef Goh Chee Kong has created six dishes highlighting the special ingredient - Japanese Black Garlic. Unlike the norma...

REGIONAL INDIAN (GOA) Sunday 14 May 2017 9.30am–3.30pm This day is a “must” for curry lovers. Join Angela on an exciting spice journey and discover the art of roasting and blending spices to create the core of some amazing Goan inspired curries. Example Menu Pork Vindaloo Sungta Sukke...

Kia ora! Auckland is the usual gateway to wherever you come from and it’s easy to roam around the city. There’re so much to do in Auckland besides shopping down the streets in the CBD. Hop on board a ferry at the downtown port and soon, you’ll find yourself in amazing islands and town...

Blink, Bindi is a kids book featuring Bindi, a little slow loris who wakes up with crusty eyes, unable to see clearly. Bindi ventures into the jungle in search of Mummy Loris. Encountering one new jungle friend after another, Bindi learns the dos and don'ts of caring for its eyes. The...

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Success in an exam has nothing to do with luck. It is all about preparing correctly for the exam. This does not necessarily mean spending long hours on top of books. It is not the number of hours that you spent reading that will make a difference. It is the number of those hours spent...

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If you are unaware, and you shouldn't be, this year's Singapore Cocktail Festival is one hell of a big event! Instead of previous years where it was called Singapore Cocktail Week and there were bars participating in their own ways, this year it has scaled up to become a free entry Vi...

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An awesome day out at Chek Jawa with families during the school holidays! For the free monthly walk by the Naked Hermit Crabs . It was a hot hot day but we saw jellyfishes, monitor lizards, lots of crabs and mudskippers and more! For the first time, I started our walk from the Coastal...

In Singapore’s urban habitat where there are a lot of people packed into tiny spaces, pests prosper and thrive. Encountering a cockroach at home usually results in wielding (or cowering behind) our Baygons and a fervent prayer that this particular one doesn’t fly. But if you’ve run ou...

The visit to the hot springs brought back memories of another part of Sembawang that I was fond of, one that was accessible through a road Jalan Ulu Sembawang that lay at the back of what is now the Seletaris Condominium complex, developed by F&N on the site of part of what had been t...

The 9 Best Cheese Tarts In Singapore April 8, 2016 by ladyironchef / Comment (1) Facebook Twitter Cheese tarts are all the rage now and suddenly, everyone in Asia is scrambling for one. In Japan, we’ve got seasoned players like Pablo and BAKE who have been in the field for a while now...

Insider, a lifestyle site of Business Insider, recently released a video detailing how a hot new restaurant, YOsushi, in America is totally changing the sushi game. Here is the video: .@YOSushi serves food on a conveyor belt!

I’ve written about this before, not just the importance of play for children, but for adults , how important boredom is, how creativity is born when we’re bored. I know a lot of people who pride themselves on their children’s busy schedules. Just writing this sentence makes me feel li...

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Despite the recent rate hike, the market continued to hitting new high. Since the beginning of this year, I have been reviewing my current portfolio, selling the weaker ones and taking some profit on the strong counters. After the last GFC, I felt that it is better to realise some har...

Made $14K a month and struggling at 48 years old. March 18, 2017 by A Singaporean Stockmarket Investor (ASSI) Leave a Comment Reader: This one worth a share man. Financial prudence – 14K a mth former banker and struggling at 48yo. Pity him anot? http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/o...

Bye bye investment linked policy (ILP). We finally pulled the plug on my wife’s ILP. The one she bought from her ex-classmate after she snagged her first job. Who is no longer even in the company. Or the industry. I spent a little bit of time reviewing her current coverage and decided...

On 17th Mar 2017, I decided to divest 48.39% stake of my Nordic Group share at $0.32 netting me a capital gain of 207.60%, 19.95% of dividend return (excluding the final dividend of 0.731 cents being announced) and a total gain of 227.45%. Bought into Nordic Group in 2014 under the St...

If you belong to the active camp of investors of The Bedokian Portfolio, chances are you might see the terms “rights” and “warrants” in your individual equities and REITs counters. For this post, I will share what are rights and warrants, how these would affect your Bedokian Portfolio...

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The news that M1’s three largest shareholders are reviewing their stakes in M1 has led to speculation on the possible privatization of M1 stock. M1 stock responded in return, soaring some 7.9% on 17 Mar 2017 before the trading halt of the stock. It was reported that talks of potential...

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Two very young investors; look younger than Uncle8888’s two older children stayed back to chat with him on that night and leading to this discussion – The Wow Factor ! Uncle8888 shared with them his experience with Wow Factor when he was newbie in the stock market! In Uncle8888’s earl...

I have previously done a post about ‘spring cleaning’ my stock portfolio on 5 March 2017 (read here ). With equity valuations looking a bit rich, I reckon it would be good to raise the percentage of my cash holdings. On 11 Feb 2017, I did a short post on an update to my portfolio. The...

Dear AK, I just started following your blog this year. So many gems! Thanks for resharing your Saizen REIT blog post from 2015 on Facebook. It just tells me how much more I have to read in your archives! I might regret asking this but how much money did you make from your investment i...